Ukrainian national museums and galleries

1. Ukrainian national museums and galleries

2. Contents

3. Ukrainian national museums

Lviv National
Museum
Museum of
Ukrainian
folk art
Poltava Art
Museum
Museum of
Ukrainian
home icons
National
Art
Museum of
Ukraine
Folk
Architecture
and Life
Museum

4. Lviv National Museum

5. Museum of Ukrainian folk art

The National Folk Decorative Art Museum is one of the
largest art museums in Ukraine. It is located on the grounds
of the Kiev Pechersk Lavra and is housed in the former
Metropolitan's residence and the adjacent Annunciation
The museum collection was established in 1899 as part of
the collection of the newly founded City Antiquity and Art
Museum, which was renamed in 1904 the "Kyiv Art, Industry
and Science Museum".
Now the reserves and displays of the museum contain over 75,000 artifacts
of Ukrainian traditional folk and professional decorative art dating from 15th
century to present days. Many of them are household and domestic
articles varied in material, shape, decoration, and purpose which talented
craftsmen had turned into highly artistic items inhering the wealth of
regional specificities. Art works created by professional artisans
demonstrate implementation of established folk traditions in their creative
concepts.

6. Poltava Art Museum

7. Museum of Ukrainian home icons

It started off in 1990s – that’s when Mrs. Olga Bogomolets
bought her first icon at the market. It was the distorted icon of
Jesus Christ. Today her collection includes large home
iconostases painted on canvas, small travel icons, Cossack
and Hutsul icons.
Some of them are painted on glass, casted on metal,
carved on stones and wood.
The oldest icon of the Museum is that of St. Nickolas the
Wonder-maker carved on stone supposedly in the end of
the 12th c.
The unique attraction of the Museum is a rare icon of St. Nicholas carved
in stone in the 12th century. The tradition of such icons comes from the
Byzantine Empire and they were used in churches in Rus up to the 16th
century.

8. National Art Museum of Ukraine

The history of National Art Museum of Ukraine starts in the end of XIX century. Museum has a rich
collection of Ukrainian painting, sculpture and graphics from Kyiv Rus age to nowadays; it also
keeps one of the best Ukrainian icon collections including the rare object of ХІІ century –
polychrome wooden relief “Saint George with hagiography” of Byzantine origin, and ХІІІ century’s
Bohomatir Odyhitria Volynska (Volyn Holy Mother). Connoisseurs of ancient art will be interested in
the so-called Parsuna – remarkable works XIV-XVII centuries – a transition from the iconographyto
the secular portrait painting, with tsars, princes, military leaders, church hierarchy acting as main
characters. There is also quite special section of the exhibition – popular folk paintings widely used
by the Ukrainians till XIX century. Mamai the Cossack was often portrayed in these paintings and
became so popular that was regarded as a sort of national Ukrainian symbol. There are great many
variations of these pictures in the museum.

9. Museum of Folk Architecture and Life

is an
open-air museum located in Uzhhorod,
Ukraine. It features over 30 traditional
structures collected from villages across
Zakarpattia Oblast, the Ukrainian province of
which Uzhgorod is the capital. According to
Michael Benanav of The New York Times, "the
museum's centerpiece is 16th-century St.
Michael's Church, with a roof and onion-domed
steeple covered in wooden shingles." [1]
Uzhgorod Castle, located nearby, is an
imposing fortress that housed the regents of
the Habsburgs.

10. Galleries

There are a number of excellent art galleries in Ukraine, many of
which can be found in Kiev. The Aquarel Gallery is no exception and
takes every effort to ensure that exhibitions and artworks provide
visitors with exposure to the best collections possible. These
collections may feature artwork by Ukrainian artists, Russian artists
or American artists and they may cover any particular art genre.
When you visit the Aquarel Gallery in Ukraine you can be sure that
you will be in for a visual treat!

11. ARTEast Gallery - Combining Ballet History and Art

As a top Ukrainian art gallery, the ARTEast Gallery showcases
some of the worlds’ most talented artists, in an environment
that is warm and inviting. Staff members in the gallery are very
friendly and informed and will gladly discuss the art exhibits or
any other subject over a cup of coffee. Art galleries in Ukraine
try to reach out to the public by exhibiting the talent of local
artists and widening their cultural knowledge by showing off
international pieces.
ARTEast Gallery has a wide variety of paintings, leather pieces,
ceramics, wooden masterpieces and even graphic art. Anything
that highlights art and unique talent can be found at the gallery
which is proving to still be the cultural center of Ukraine. The
building, with all its history and memories, portrays beauty in
different forms and the freedom of expression and emotion can
be felt within the gallery. Many of the artists that have work on
display at the ARTEast Gallery belong to the Ukrainian Union
of Artists and this guarantees visitors that they will see only the
best and most talented pieces of art.

12. Podol Fortuna Gallery - Specialists in Socialist Realism Art

The Podol Fortuna Gallery in Ukraine specializes in Ukrainian
realism art. A large part of the gallery focuses on socialist realism
art and these rather expensive artworks are greatly prized by the
gallery. Over the years the value of such artworks has been
steadily increasing due to the brevity of this art period and the
relatively small number of artworks which were produced at this
time. Socialist realism art was state sponsored art wherein the
artwork had to depict a sort of ‘idealistic’ present and future hope
for mankind in the Soviet State. The goal behind such art was to
create the impression that such an idealistic way of life was
beneficial to all and worth working hard to create. Art was just one
aspect of Soviet culture that was thus affected by the Soviet
Regime and shortly after the fall of the Soviet Union, art from this
period was largely scorned. Now, however, people are recognizing
it’s true value. Not only is such art rare, but it provides interesting
insight into the altruistic values that the Soviet tried to promote
at that time in history.

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15. Ridna Khata Gallery - A Gallery and Musuem of Art and History

Presenting exhibitions is a core activity of the gallery. Post-plein air
expositions of professional iconographers show the best examples of current
religious icon paintings, binding together modern art and Christian spirituality.
Within gallery halls a variety of special projects are held reflecting the
Ukrainian modern art in the contex of ancient customs and traditions, looking
for new forms of expression in today's contradictory world to response to
current challenges. These are nationwide, regional and thematic exchange
exhibitions, exhibitions from Poland, solo displays. The gallery lives a rich
creative life.